Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Help! Relocate neighbouring power line 3Mar 18, 2024 7:29 pm Wow denali ! Those wires going to the scaffolding is insane! I'm surprised they let it get that far before works got stopped. With the power pole you put up for the neighbour, what happened after you finished your build? Were they able to run the line over your property again? Or did you have to put their line into a pit underground? Re: Help! Relocate neighbouring power line 4Mar 19, 2024 7:08 am The wires through the scaffolding build are still shut down and yesterday the builder paid for the neighbour’s private power pole (like we did) to be installed. So, I’m guessing the Grade 2 electricians will be back to remove the wires from the scaffolding and attach them to the power pole in the next few days. Neighbourhood gossip is up the road build is suspect and everything has been side eyed by the neighbours. The demo took weeks because of the suspect works/asbestos/tradies. For our build, the private power pole is the neighbours/owners’ property to keep, and the pole stays where it is/wires connected, and the wires go from their pole to their house roofline/connection thingy. It’s in the far corner and barely noticeable as there's a couple of 3mtr trees in front so we/neighbours will keep it cut to about 3-4mtrs. They are having a trim this week by our lawn guy. We also have a private power pole on our knock down in the far corner and from that the wires run underground to our metre box. Depending on your relationship with your neighbour, maybe offer to pay for the pole? Google says its about $2.5K, we paid $1.3 as hubby worked in the industry for decades so mates’ rates and they're coming back after handover to do our electrical lights/fans/outdoors fit out. I'm also wondering how low your neighbours’ wires are at their property and do they meet today’s standards? Our neighbours were about 2.5mtrs so lower that standard so we used that as an reason they should to be updated and moving them to 4mtr pole. Good luck! Re: Help! Relocate neighbouring power line 5Mar 19, 2024 8:53 pm Our relationship with the owner is good, but I'm not sure if I want to impose putting a pole on their property. Your conversation with your neighbour must have gone well given they allowed the pole on their property. The large trees to sort of hide it must have helped? $2.5k for the pole solution is pretty good! Right now the most direct solution is to pit their line so we're looking at a $7k pit (though that can be shared), then another $3k to do the conduit into their meter box, but their meter box has asbestos so will need to have to pay to have that removed, and then misc fees for the permit and inspections. Denali I'm also wondering how low your neighbours’ wires are at their property and do they meet today’s standards? Our neighbours were about 2.5mtrs so lower that standard so we used that as an reason they should to be updated and moving them to 4mtr pole. This I'm unsure of, I'm in the process of finding an electrician for the measurement, but we've had different builder site inspectors come out and some say they can build with it there and maybe use spotters on a as-needed basis. Hi everyone, Looking for some advise. We are about to build an above ground pool in our backyard. There is a private sewer line running under the pool at 1.6m… 0 12170 In WA zero lot is actually zero lot. We build 10mm in from the boundary. My house and my neighbours house have garages that sit only 20mm apart. When I had our roof done… 3 7256 I am building in claymore NSW and this is shown in the building envelope plan. … 0 10557 |